Legs for quick setup

[Martin Weiss]

I'm looking for new legs and would like to have some input.

Small crew, often one-man show. So they should be relatively light and speedy to set up. Carbon Fibre, 100mm ball bearing, and have a mid-level spreader. I love the Sachtler spreader, but have read about the Roadrunner and Miller Sprinter II, and they seem to be quite nifty. Are they?

[T. Glen Phelps]

I really like my O'Connor 25L. I thought at first it looked to fragile by it holds a RED on a 1030 head and takes a lot of abuse.

[Mike Van Laanen]

I got the Miller Sprinter II CF with mid level spreaders and a 1030 HDS head. They are light and with the leg releases all up top, it sets up very quick and easy. Love it and would recommend this package.

I only mount about 30 lbs max on mine and it seems to handle the weight just fine.

[Sam Roberts]

The Sachtler legs with the built in adjustable spreader are nice. Carbon Fibre...very light, and strong.

[Mark Andersen]

I'm looking for new legs and would like to have some input.

Small crew, often one-man show. So they should be relatively light and speedy to set up. Carbon Fibre, 100mm ball bearing, and have a mid-level spreader. I love the Sachtler spreader, but have read about the Roadrunner and Miller Sprinter II, and they seem to be quite nifty. Are they?

I like my Gitzo CF legs they are really sturdy and light. They are spreader less similar to a traditional photo tripod, I have at 75mm all adaptor (I think you can get the 100mm as well) But I am using a Sachtler Video 14 head for travel with a fairly stripped down red camera.I can get everything including the sticks on my back. The leg model I am using is the Gitzo GT5530S

[zak forrest]

I love the Miller SOLO ENG, no spreader though.. Also love the OConnor 25L

both the miller eng and the 25L are practically the same weight and size

[Mitch Gross]

Check out the Panther sticks. The X15 is a good setup in 100mm if you're not going with a heavy setup. Otherwise bumping up to the 150mm T28 is still pretty portable and quick to use.

[Lars Xang]

The Panther sticks are very pretty - but they are probably the worst sticks in the business - and same goes with the Panther heads ( I made that $6000 mistake a few years ago )

The Oconnor 25L are great - almost perfect - if it wasn't for the darn spreaders that keep locking up.

I have heard phenominal things about the Miller, but have not had the chance to use them yet - The Sprinter looks very promising.

[Jeff Coatney]

I'd love to see someone manufacture a good set of sticks in the $2500 - $3000 range for Red. With O'Connor, Sachtler, Bogen, Manfrotto and Vinten all owned by the same company, I feel there is not enough competition in the market and it's keeping prices artificially high. I believe some enterprising start-up with off-shore manufacturing could sweep in with a low-cost, but VERY HIGH QUALITY tripod and "fluid head" for $2K - $3K retail and make some of the 4,500+ Red camera owners very happy. Let's see... 4500 cameras times $2500... Hmmmm.

[Martin Weiss]

Hmmm... isn't that was Libec is trying? Still, most go for know names in Tripods.

Also that 4500 figure is a bit optimistic, since a large portion of those either already has a tripod, or many will go into rental/big productions.

I didn't know that Sachtler and Manfrotto and Vinten were owned by the same company, after all one is made in Germany, one in Italy and one in the UK (or was is Australia?). Am I totally wrong?